Capewell



J. CAPEWBLiL. BUTTON FASTENING.

No. 62.001. Paten i ze'd Peb.l2 11867.

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GEORGE .i. CAPEWELL, OF WEST CHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT. Letters .Patent No.62,oo1, dated Februarylfl, I867. i

lurnovsunur IN BUTTON msrnmes.

TO ALL wnon IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GI-zonen J. Csrnwntn, of West Cheshire, in the State of Connecticut, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Methods of Attaching Buttons to clothing, awnings, curtains, or any textile fabric; and I do hereby declare, the following to be a full audexact description of the some, rcfcrencebeing had 1 to the drawings which accompany and form a part of these specifications,-in which-- Figural is a bisected view of a button, showing the position of parts, and I v also the cloth, Figure II, same view, excepting there is no washer ubo've thecloth.

Figure III, sectional view showing two eyeletsone horter than the other, and, the longer less diameter than the other-aml within it. 1 p

Figure IV, same as that of Fig. III, only the washer above the cloth isudded.

Figure V, view of another style of button with plane front surface, and the cone formed on a separate piece p I Figure VIII, view of berlpiece, on which the button is placed when theeyelctsareforced in to form the flungcnndcr the inner disk of the button.

Letter :1, front plate of the button; letter I), back port of the button; letter 0; the cloth orifabricyletter a l;

washer: letter 0. cone raised on the plate a; letter f, eyelet or button socket; letter g,bodltin; letter Indie for setting in the eyelets; letter i, handle of this machine; letter jybed piece to rest the'button uponwhilo the.

die is being used.

It will be seen that in Fig. I the rear plate of the button is brought close to the cloth, while in ii there is some space between. This difference results from not forcing the eyelet quiteso far down over the cone 0, and thus more space is left for the fabric that has the buttonhole. By using "twoeyelctswe secure a firmer shank, and by having one of them longer than the other, as seen in FigsJIII-andIV, ond plncing the 'r-loth between the flanges of the two, as seen in Fig. III, we secure all the space required forj the cloth that buttons on and if more protection to the cloth is needed, the washer d may be put on, as in Fig. IV; The form: i shown in Fig. V is suitable for covering with cloth, the front plate being plane, and a cone raised on: another extra. plate placed within the button, as shown. The.bodkin is fitted to make the holes in theclothj the die to force the eyelet down upon the cone e, swaging its lower rim out into a flange within the button, bencath the plate 1;, and'at the same time pressing down the other flange of the eyelet close upon the cloth or washer, as the drawings show. Care should. be taken in using the die to see that the lower end of thefey elet, sets rightly on the'cone c, and then that the machine or die forms egood flange beneath the plate b, otherwise the buttons might rip oil.

.The objectof my invention is to provide a ready means ofattaching buttons to tentile fabric other than i r sewing, and to produce suitable buttons therefor. The various modifications I adopt, both in the manufacture of the button and manner of fastening, will be wellunderstoodfrom the drawings- What I plain: as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. .A button, provided with the cone), either as shown in Fig. I or Fig. V of the drawings, substantially its and for the purpose specified.

The combination of a single eyelet with the cone 2, either with or without the washerflsubstantially as shown and described.

3. The two eyelets f and'j, in combination with the cloth 0 and the cone e, eithe l with or without washer J, when arrangednn combined as and for thepurposes set forth. 3 i i GEORGE J. CAPEWELL! Witnesses:

D. 0. Coun JAMES FENTON. 

